E ncephalitis - School of Psychiatry
... – Previous lectures that complement this session: Investigating psychosis lecture during psychosis across the ages session; Neuropsychiatry academic day lectures; delirium and dementia lectures ...
... – Previous lectures that complement this session: Investigating psychosis lecture during psychosis across the ages session; Neuropsychiatry academic day lectures; delirium and dementia lectures ...
10 Late paraphrenia
... There is little evidence (Quintal et al, 1991; Howard et al, 1994; Almeida et al, 1995a) to suggest that people with late paraphrenia are better classified under the headings ‘persistent delusional disorder’ or ‘schizophrenia’ (Grahame, 1984; Harris & Jeste, 1988; Jeste, 1993). The use of the diagno ...
... There is little evidence (Quintal et al, 1991; Howard et al, 1994; Almeida et al, 1995a) to suggest that people with late paraphrenia are better classified under the headings ‘persistent delusional disorder’ or ‘schizophrenia’ (Grahame, 1984; Harris & Jeste, 1988; Jeste, 1993). The use of the diagno ...
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: Beyond Best
... Detainees and Victims of Cruel, Degrading, and Inhuman Treatment Since 2008, I have spent hundreds of hours over many months in the notorious Army detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, interviewing detainees and reviewing files. In addition, my work in human rights has taken me to many other c ...
... Detainees and Victims of Cruel, Degrading, and Inhuman Treatment Since 2008, I have spent hundreds of hours over many months in the notorious Army detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, interviewing detainees and reviewing files. In addition, my work in human rights has taken me to many other c ...
Geriatric Psychiatry
... Van Gerpent et al. Mania in the geriatric patient population. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry.1999;7:188-202. Greenberg RM and Kellner CH. Electroconvulsive therapy. A selected review. AJGP. 2005; 13:268-281 Dementia and Delirium ...
... Van Gerpent et al. Mania in the geriatric patient population. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry.1999;7:188-202. Greenberg RM and Kellner CH. Electroconvulsive therapy. A selected review. AJGP. 2005; 13:268-281 Dementia and Delirium ...
delusional parasitosis treated with olanzapine
... and drug abuse). Due to an unshakable belief of suffering from an infestation, these patients often refuse to seek psychiatric care and have to be treated in a dermatologic setting. DP patients present dermatological symptoms which include several skin lesions such as excoriations, nodular prurigo o ...
... and drug abuse). Due to an unshakable belief of suffering from an infestation, these patients often refuse to seek psychiatric care and have to be treated in a dermatologic setting. DP patients present dermatological symptoms which include several skin lesions such as excoriations, nodular prurigo o ...
Cross-cultural adjustment & mental illness
... Mental illness & Cultural Perspectives • Different cultures might have different interpretations. • A high degree of consensus about the diagnosis of mental illness among many countries. • Diagnosis/label not as important • How symptoms affect functioning is the best indication for intervention. ...
... Mental illness & Cultural Perspectives • Different cultures might have different interpretations. • A high degree of consensus about the diagnosis of mental illness among many countries. • Diagnosis/label not as important • How symptoms affect functioning is the best indication for intervention. ...
Lecture: Child Abuse and Neglect - American Academy of Child and
... depression in a series of 6 teens with PTSD (Stathis et al, 2005). • Clozapine reduced aggression and improved sleep in a case series of six treatment-resistant teens ...
... depression in a series of 6 teens with PTSD (Stathis et al, 2005). • Clozapine reduced aggression and improved sleep in a case series of six treatment-resistant teens ...
SCHIZOPRENIA
... 1 and 7. An 11 year old male was admitted to NIMH with symptoms including: disorganized speech, rambling, a 2 year history of agitation, beliefs that ghosts were talking to him and could control his mind and that “rough hands” were pursuing him at night. His parents’ first concern came during day ca ...
... 1 and 7. An 11 year old male was admitted to NIMH with symptoms including: disorganized speech, rambling, a 2 year history of agitation, beliefs that ghosts were talking to him and could control his mind and that “rough hands” were pursuing him at night. His parents’ first concern came during day ca ...
Biological Therapy - Social Sciences @ Groby
... functioning caused by a disorder like depression, schizophrenia or anxiety which had made an imbalance. Another assumption of the biological approach is that changes in the brain’s neurotransmitter systems will affect our mood, feelings, perceptions and behaviour. Therefore, psychotherapeutic drugs ...
... functioning caused by a disorder like depression, schizophrenia or anxiety which had made an imbalance. Another assumption of the biological approach is that changes in the brain’s neurotransmitter systems will affect our mood, feelings, perceptions and behaviour. Therefore, psychotherapeutic drugs ...
PowerPoint
... “crazy”? 2. Was this how your larger culture defined it? 3. How did your culture handle parents who were mentally ill? 4. Did you know someone who fit this description growing up? Explain ...
... “crazy”? 2. Was this how your larger culture defined it? 3. How did your culture handle parents who were mentally ill? 4. Did you know someone who fit this description growing up? Explain ...
Genes and environment: The complex etiology of psychiatric disorders
... Val158Met, CYP2D6, CYP3A4, HTR2A polymorphisms on response to clozapin) CYP2D6, CYP2C19 poor or ultrarapid metabolizers need personalized dosage of psychotrop meds Risk for side effects: DRD2, DRD3, HTR2A,CYP2D6 for tardive dyskinesia, HTR2C for AP induced weight gain, GRIA1 sexual arousal dysfuncti ...
... Val158Met, CYP2D6, CYP3A4, HTR2A polymorphisms on response to clozapin) CYP2D6, CYP2C19 poor or ultrarapid metabolizers need personalized dosage of psychotrop meds Risk for side effects: DRD2, DRD3, HTR2A,CYP2D6 for tardive dyskinesia, HTR2C for AP induced weight gain, GRIA1 sexual arousal dysfuncti ...
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT IMPORTANT IN DIAGNOSIS
... "We need to be talking the same language when we are discussing (disease) models and the issues around our patients, but many times we are not," he said. "Illness and disease are often used as if they were the same thing; sometimes they may be, but other times they are not." Physician definitions of ...
... "We need to be talking the same language when we are discussing (disease) models and the issues around our patients, but many times we are not," he said. "Illness and disease are often used as if they were the same thing; sometimes they may be, but other times they are not." Physician definitions of ...
Newsletter - AMHS KFLA
... Treatment-resistant schizophrenia...distinct from treatment-responsive schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a highly heterogeneous disorder, and around a third of patients are treatment-resistant. The only evidence-based treatment for these patients is clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic with relatively ...
... Treatment-resistant schizophrenia...distinct from treatment-responsive schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a highly heterogeneous disorder, and around a third of patients are treatment-resistant. The only evidence-based treatment for these patients is clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic with relatively ...
SSC Psychiatry Research
... Anti-psychotic drugs are often prescribed “off-license” by clinicians to augment a selective serotonergic reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) anti-depressant for people with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) who are refractory to SSRIs and cognitive behaviour therapy. The evidence base for adding an ...
... Anti-psychotic drugs are often prescribed “off-license” by clinicians to augment a selective serotonergic reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) anti-depressant for people with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) who are refractory to SSRIs and cognitive behaviour therapy. The evidence base for adding an ...
October 24, Ethnicity and mental illness
... AFRICAN AMERICANS • BLACKS HIGHER MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY • BLACKS HAVE SURPRISINGLY LOW RATES OF M.I. • EXCEPTION - ANXIETY DISORDERS (PHOBIAS) • PERHAPS BETTER COPING ABILITIES - SOCIAL SUPPORT, RELIGION ...
... AFRICAN AMERICANS • BLACKS HIGHER MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY • BLACKS HAVE SURPRISINGLY LOW RATES OF M.I. • EXCEPTION - ANXIETY DISORDERS (PHOBIAS) • PERHAPS BETTER COPING ABILITIES - SOCIAL SUPPORT, RELIGION ...
Full text PDF file - ICMPE
... scientific data, in an attempt to limit costs, places patients and clinicians at significant risk. Keller et al.,19 in a five-year prospective follow up study of 431 depressed patients, showed that these patients had a high rate of chronicity, with 12% not recovering by the end of five years. Most o ...
... scientific data, in an attempt to limit costs, places patients and clinicians at significant risk. Keller et al.,19 in a five-year prospective follow up study of 431 depressed patients, showed that these patients had a high rate of chronicity, with 12% not recovering by the end of five years. Most o ...
Psychiatric History Taking
... can be put out of mind • Obsessional thoughts are ideas, images, impulses that repeatedly enter mind in stereotyped form, seen as senseless, distressing, recognised as own thought even if repugnant. • Compulsions are obsessional motor acts, often resulting from obsession, may be attempt to “neutrali ...
... can be put out of mind • Obsessional thoughts are ideas, images, impulses that repeatedly enter mind in stereotyped form, seen as senseless, distressing, recognised as own thought even if repugnant. • Compulsions are obsessional motor acts, often resulting from obsession, may be attempt to “neutrali ...
ADHD presentation - Primary and Integrated Mental Health Care
... – Inclusion of additional examples of how symptoms typically look in older adolescents and adults – Elimination of required “impairment” • “There is clear evidence that the symptoms interfere with, or reduce, the quality of social, academic, or occupational functioning.” ...
... – Inclusion of additional examples of how symptoms typically look in older adolescents and adults – Elimination of required “impairment” • “There is clear evidence that the symptoms interfere with, or reduce, the quality of social, academic, or occupational functioning.” ...
DSM-IV-TR/DSM-5, AN EVIDENCE-BASED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
... by Allah to take care of his special child and viewed disability as a gift from God (Jegatheesan, Fowler and Miller, 2010). Hispanic: *Studies found that the number of reports of autism diagnosis was lower for Hispanics than for non-Hispanics; but Hispanic rated their children’s autism as more sever ...
... by Allah to take care of his special child and viewed disability as a gift from God (Jegatheesan, Fowler and Miller, 2010). Hispanic: *Studies found that the number of reports of autism diagnosis was lower for Hispanics than for non-Hispanics; but Hispanic rated their children’s autism as more sever ...
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
... Treatment • Psychotherapy and medications are both used as treatment for PTSD • Desensitization • Group therapy • Support groups • SSRIs • Other anti anxiety medications ...
... Treatment • Psychotherapy and medications are both used as treatment for PTSD • Desensitization • Group therapy • Support groups • SSRIs • Other anti anxiety medications ...
Economic Burden of Mental Health In Pakistan
... How much does mental illness cost? • United States (1990): US$ 148 billion. – Indirect costs either match or out- weigh direct costs for all mental health areas. ...
... How much does mental illness cost? • United States (1990): US$ 148 billion. – Indirect costs either match or out- weigh direct costs for all mental health areas. ...
Traumaambulanzen in NRW
... • It must be a clear act of violence and the vic suffers from it. • The act must be committed after 15th May1976 in federal territory. • In cases of acts commited before this cut off date aid can be received in form of “Hardship allowance provisions” if there is an degree of injury consequences at l ...
... • It must be a clear act of violence and the vic suffers from it. • The act must be committed after 15th May1976 in federal territory. • In cases of acts commited before this cut off date aid can be received in form of “Hardship allowance provisions” if there is an degree of injury consequences at l ...
Subskill #11 Construct Meaning/Supporting Evidence – Posttest
... Drugs in psychiatry are drugs that are used either alone or in conjunction with psychotherapy to treat psychiatric illnesses. The medical treatment of psychiatric illness is based on a firm conviction that the patient's behavior is in fact a symptom of an illness and not simply a variant of acceptab ...
... Drugs in psychiatry are drugs that are used either alone or in conjunction with psychotherapy to treat psychiatric illnesses. The medical treatment of psychiatric illness is based on a firm conviction that the patient's behavior is in fact a symptom of an illness and not simply a variant of acceptab ...
Controversy surrounding psychiatry
Controversy has often surrounded psychiatry, and the term anti-psychiatry was coined by psychiatrist David Cooper in 1967. The general anti-psychiatry view is that psychiatric treatments are ultimately more damaging than helpful to patients, and psychiatry's history involves what may now be seen as dangerous treatments, such as electroconvulsive therapy and lobotomy. Some ex-patient groups have become anti-psychiatric, often referring to themselves as ""survivors"".